Hypersensitivity pneumonitis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? _____

Answer: Antifibrotics (Nintedanib, Pirfenidone) or lung transplant (definitive)

Flashcard 2: What are the most common presenting symptoms (2) of pulmonary sarcoidosis? _____

Answer: Dyspnea, Cough

Flashcard 3: Which disease caused by Legionella pneumophila is associated with high fever and respiratory symptoms (pneumonia)?_____

Answer: Legionnaires' disease

Flashcard 4: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis presents with _____, cough, and dyspnea hours after exposure; resolves with removal of exposure

Answer: fever

Flashcard 5: What vasculitis may cause interstitial restrictive lung disease? _____

Answer: Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)

Extra: Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is the ANCA-associated vasculitis most classically associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pulmonary fibrosis (often with p-ANCA/anti-MPO positivity). Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA/Wegener) is more typically associated with necrotizing granulomas, cavitary nodules, and upper/lower respiratory tract involvement (c-ANCA/anti-PR3), though it can occasionally be associated with ILD.

Flashcard 6: Which obstructive lung disease may be caused by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis? _____

Answer: Bronchiectasis

Flashcard 7: What signs/symptoms define Kartagener syndrome?

Answer: Subset of PCD with triad of bronchiectasis, chronic sinusitis, and situs inversus

Flashcard 8: When primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) presents with the triad of bronchiectasis, chronic sinusitis, and situs inversus, what is it called?

Answer: Kartagener syndrome